Valérie Pécresse tested positive for Covid-19 – Europe 1

Europe 1 with AFP 3:44 p.m., March 24, 2022, modified at 7:26 p.m., March 24, 2022 Candidate LR announced this Thursday, March 24 in a tweet that she had tested positive for Covid-19. Valérie Pécresse however assured that she would continue her campaign “from a distance”. The campaign team clarified that the meeting to be held on Friday would be provided by someone else and that its Saturday trip to the Bouches-du-Rhône was canceled. LR presidential candidate Valérie Pécresse announced Thursday on her Twitter account that she had contracted Covid-19 and that she would continue her campaign “from a distance”. “Tested positive for Covid, I am continuing the campaign from a distance and in compliance with health rules. All our meetings are maintained thanks to the mobilization of the team”, she said.Tested positive for #COVID I am continuing the remote campaign and in compliance with health rules. All our meetings are maintained thanks to the mobilization of the team.— Valérie Pécresse (@vpecresse) March 24, 2022The trip to the Bouches-du-Rhône canceled Candidate LR was on Wednesday evening on C8 in the show Face à Baba by Cyril Hanouna. During the three hours of broadcast, the president of the Ile-de-France region faced, in particular, Fabien Roussel, Marion Maréchal, Nadine Morano and Adrien Quatennens. Candidate LR had presented Thursday morning a draft reform of the Constitution to “restore order”.Valérie Pécresse was to go to Bordeaux on Friday but “the meeting will be hosted by someone else”, we were told. indicated in his surroundings. This person will be his campaign manager, Patrick Stefanini. His Saturday trip to the Bouches-du-Rhône “is canceled”, we added. Despite mild symptoms, such as a cold, Valérie Pécresse will still participate in the Élysée 2022 program on France 2 this Thursday evening by videoconference. This positive test comes on top of recent lackluster performances and unflattering polls. “But there is no question of being discouraged,” says the candidate, who will attack as soon as she has completed her period of isolation the home stretch of her campaign.